Adjective: schemey
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | schemier |
| Superlative | schemiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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He struck me as schemey and oleaginous from the first time I saw him, long before his disgraceful performances around the Iraq war. [2009, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, 29 Sep 09:]
Adjectives inflected like schemey
snipey,
scaley,
smiley,
slicey,
slimey,
slatey,
shitey,
blowsey,
plaguey,
breezey,
schemey,
smudgey,
smidgey,
douchey,
greasey,
cabbagey,
chocolatey,
cliquey,
squiggley,
dog-whistley, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From scheme + -y.